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Sep 9, 2022Liked by Allison Epstein

BRB nominating this newsletter for an award based on the strength of this line alone:

“…abducted a nun, which then as now was frowned upon.”

Also those poor horsies. RIP horsies

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Sep 8, 2022Liked by Allison Epstein

This might be your best yet? I literally LOL'd my way through the entire thing.

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I am saddened that none of the marginalia made it into this newsletter. Seriously, some of the embroidery is X-rated.

(But otherwise, excellent summary! More Anglophones should know of Guillaume le Bâtard.)

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Brilliant! Can't wait for you to do a piece on Ethelred the Unready ...

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